Ironing board attachment



1 PONS ET July. 15, 1930.

' IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT Filed June 12, 1928 3 5 w. m .J V m F ism d W W W Q 47 .4 Y FE n .fi n 7 f ,7 /7 2 a n 4 a Q E Z t 5 M 9 g 5 W7 Patented July 15, 1930 v em p stares] FRANK roivsnni) LnvERr -w.wrrisoi i, or LOS 'AivGnLEs, mmommgsnngwmmi nssrsivon, :BY MESNE AssrGntrEnTa-To SAID l ons inoiirndzeonnn gmrcnnmi Ap iieano m d 'J une r2,

Our invention relatesto ironingboards and it has for a purpose the-provision oilan attachment therefor by WlllCllthose parts of the garinent which have-been pressed, but are! not actually supported on the ironing board so'that they "depend f1-o1ntheboarcl as a result of shifting the garment to prfessothef'porJ tions thereof, are effectively supported to preserve their pressed COl'lCllillOllflIlCl to prevent contacting withrthe floor and conseqnent soiling. r i 7 Itis also a purpose of our invention to pro- VlClG an ironing board 'attachinentfwhich embodies a-t'ray supported by the ironing board and adjustable to assume any req'uiredflevel to properly support the parts of a garment depending from the board to preventwrine kling thereof, the tray being also movable to either side; of the board to ,facilitateaccess 2Q thereto and to support-the depending parts of a garment at either side of the board.

A further purpose of our invention is the.

provision of an ironing board attachment which includes a bracket vert cally ad ustable g on the tray and designed tosnpport' a coat hanger,.which latter, inapplied'position to a garment, is held in elevated posit on to sustain the garment in elevated position at the end of the board andtothereby prevent 39 wrinkling of the garment.

We will describe only .one form of garvme nt-snpporting attachment for ironing boards embodying our invention and will then point-outt'henovel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings: 7 Figure 1 is a view showing in perspective one form of garment-supporting attachment 4 embodying our invention in appliedposition view of the 1 sition thereon;

toanironing board; d

Fig. 2 is ,a vertical longitudinal sectional attaclnnent'and board shown in Fig. 1;

' Fig. 8 is a plan perspectivevieW fthe attachinent'a'nd ironing board shown 1n the pre-' ceding figures with a garment in applied po- Fig. 4 is avertical sectional viewtaken on the line 4- i ofFig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail View of they post and bracket embodied in the attachment 192s. 'senaifiwb. gammy.

shownin the preceding views, the bracket belng shown IIISGGijlQH.

In carrying. otitl our invention we employ an ironing board B of conventional form' and which, as shown in Fig. l, is supported in horizontal position against a wall by a diagonal supporting leg Screwed to. the under side oi the board. B isa disk 15 having a central collar. lfi'interior'ly threaded to receive the upper end of a depending postl'T. As shown in Fig. 5, this post is screw-threaded throughout its length with its lower end provided ment of a bracket 19v fI'OIi1 tl1-POSiJ-- ThebracketlQ is of U-form in cross-sec-g tion with its parallel portions-provided with registering o'peningsof a size to loosely re- ;ceive the postIl7i so that when the bracketis ina horizontal positionit is freely movable vertically on the post-. However, wlienthe bracket is moved to an'angnlar positiom'indi- 'cated in dotted lines, thewalls of the bracket openings engage the threads of the post and merit on the post. V

- A tray Tis secured toathe bracket 19,.a-nd

thus lock the bracket against verticalmovewith a nut 18 to prevent downwarddisplace theweight of the tray is suflicient to move the bracket to the-gdotted-line' position, thereby maintaining. a vertical adjustment of the bracket, and. as a consequence the vertical spending position and thereby releasing-the bracket topermit its upward adjustinent on the post. In this mannerthetraycan be readily adjusted vertically-to:any*'desired level beneath the ironingiboardwithiirthe' l mits of thepos't, and when released" the: bracket willautomatically function to main tain suchadjustlneiit. The; bracket" 19 also provides a connection between the post and tray that perniits: the tray to be: wing; from 7 its position beneath the ironing board to zboard,

position ateither side of the ironin and all without disturbing its level oradjfnsb ment;

so adjustment of the tray. The weight of the 1 tray canbe removed from the bracket by lift ing tllQfOIfiKlBI'ltQ atrulyhorizontal positionf v thus causingtlie bracket'to' occupy a corre The tray, iii-the present instance, comprises p a wooden. frameZO spanned-by awire screen 21. The tray is preferably wider than the of the bracket K is formed with a hook upon which a coat hanger 26 may besupported, the latter in turn adapted to be inserted in a garment for sustaining one end of the garment in elevated position in respect .to the ironing hoard. The bracket K includes a substantially U-shaped portion 27, which v allows the coat hanger to be sustained from the hook 25 and to thus support a garment out of contact with the bracket.

In practice, the tray T, being disposed below the ironing board B, functions to sustain the pressed parts of a garment against hanging at full length from the board, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, whereby the garment is supported against wrinkling and the pressed condition of its parts preserved. In this manner the several parts of a'ga-rment can be pressed and maintained so throughout the pressing of the entire garment and without fear of the garment contactingwith' the floor and soiling the same. By placing a hanger 26 upon the bracket K, the neck and shoulder portion of a garment can be sustained inelevated position at theouter end of the board, as illustrated in Fig. 3, thus facilitating pressing of the garment and preventing wrinkling of the shoulder and sleeve portions of the garment.

The tray T can be adjusted vertically, as previously described, and for the purpose of supporting the depending parts of a garment at any desired level withinthe limits of adjustment of the bracket 19 to prevent wrinkling ofsuch parts,-and to sustain them out of contact with the floor. The tray T can also be swung to either side of the ironing board to support depending parts of 'a garment at either side of the board. The bracket K is also adjustable vertically to sustain a coat hanger to successfully support the shoulder portion of a garment in elevated position at the outer end of theboard.

Although we have herein shown andldescribed one form of garment-supporting attachment for ironing board s-embodying our -in vention, it is to beunderstood that various "c'lianges and modifications may-be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and'scope oft-he appended claims.

We claim: 1. A garment supporting attachment for ironing boards comprising a'tr ay, means for supporting the tray from an ironing board in a position below the latter, a bracket having means by which a garment hanger is adapted to be supported therefrom, and means for supporting the bracket from the tray to occupy a position wherein portions of a garment resting upon the ironing board can be suspended from the hangerabove the level of the board.

2. A garment supporting attachment for ironing boards vcomprising a tray, means for supporting the tray from an ironing board in a positionbelow the latter, a bracket having its upper portion ofiset laterally and provided with a hook from which a garment hanger is adapted to be suspended, and means for supporting the bracket from the tray to occupy a position wherein portions of a garment-resting upon the ironing board can be suspended from the hanger above the level of the board 3. A arment'supporting attachment for ironing boards comprising a tray, means for supporting the tray from an ironing board in a position below thelatter, a bracket having a lower linear portion and a substantially U shaped upper'portion terminating in a hook from which a garment hanger is adapted to be suspended, a'sleeve secured to the tray and slidably receiving the linear portion of the bracket for vertical adjustment of the latter,

9 and means for securing the bracket to the sleeve in any selected position of Vertical adjustment. V 7

- FRANK PONS.

LE VERT. W. WVILSON. 

